In a robot lab at TEDGlobal, Raffaello D'Andrea demos his flying quadcopters: robots that think like athletes, solving physical problems with algorithms that help them learn. In a series of nifty demos, D'Andrea show drones that play catch, balance and make decisions together.

Making the decision to utilise an innovation tool is half the battle for companies. They must also decide, once they have ideas, which ones are the best ones to approve and carry out, which is a process that can be particularly daunting.

What color is your brand? Logo? Website? How much time did you spend thinking before you committed it to a specific color? Each color triggers certain emotional and psychological reactions, so colors you use in your branding efforts should be carefully considered.

This will be the first in a series of posts I will offer attempting to assess the contemporary status of education and possibilities for its future development. In order to lay a foundation for the project I will consider some important, but generally unknown, causes for the contemporary shape education takes in society.

Recently, the Institute for Corporate Productivity (i4cp) released “Human Capital Practices that Drive Innovation” -- The study includes insight on the innovative practices at Qualcomm, 3M, Flextronics, Proctor and Gamble, and other top performing organizations. The study findings illustrate that innovation in human capital and talent management is often overlooked, but is strongly correlated to market performance–which suggests that leaders in both HR AND the C-suite should pay close attention.